Mop-handle fastener



Feb. 6, 1923. 1,44%,416

J. W. DOTY.

MOP HANDLE FASTENER.

FILED APR-10,1922.

%% gmmmm Patented i923.

st rs JOHN W. DO'IY, OF OLNEY, ILLINOIS.

MOP-HANDLE FASTENER.

Application filed April 10, 1922. Serial No. 551,376.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JV. Do'rY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olney, in the county of lR-ichland and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Mop- Handle Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastener or connector for uniting a mop head to a handle.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient fastener of this character for detachably connecting a mop head to a handle and which is movable relative to the handle to permit the mop to be run under low furniture without scratching the floor with the handle and which also permits turning of the handle relative to the head for using the mop in various positions.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in'the combi nation and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of one end of a mop handle with this improved connector shown applied and engaged with the portion of the wire bale which usually carries the mop head. i

Fig. 2 is a detail longitudinal section of the connector shown removed from the handle section being taken in planes at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the 40 line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation partly in section showing a modified form of connector.

In the embodiment illustrated, a portion of a mop handle 1 is shown having an elbow shaped coupling 2 carried by said end, and which has asocket 3 at its outer end to receive the connector 5 which constitutes this invention.

The fastener or connector 5 comprises a metal'sleeve 6 having an inturned annular flange 7 at its outer end with a core 8 loosely mounted therein and resting at one end of said flange. This core 8 has a bore 9 extending centrally therethrough and which is preferably elliptical in cross section, and is designed to receive the twisted ends 4 of a wire bail such as is usually found on mop heads now in use. These twisted ends 4: are designed to be inserted in the bore 9 of the connector through the flanged end of the sleeve and are secured therein by a set screw 10 which passes transversely through one side wall of the core and has its head counter-sunk in the outer face of said core as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3. The sleeve 6 has an opening 6 in one side wall thereof which is designed to register with the trans verse aperture in the core 8 through which the set screw 10 passes so that access may be had for inserting or removing the screw without removing the shell or sleeve 6 from the core.

In Fig. 4 the shell 6 is shown externally threaded at its outer end with which threaded portion is engaged a cap ll-which is designed to retain the core within the shell or sleeve 6 when the set screw 10 is not engaged with the bail wire 4:.

From the above description it will be obvious that the connector 5 constructed as herein shown and described will have the core 8 thereof fixedly connected with the mop head through the bail 4: thereof and when the shell is inserted in the socket of the handle, it will be held engaged therewith by friction and the turning of the handle will operate to turn the shell on the core so that the handle may be adjusted relative to the mop head to adapt the device to be used for dusting under furniture without danger of scratching either the floor or the furniture.

I claim 1. A connector for a mop head and handle comprising a tubular shell, a core rotatable in said shell and having a bore extending longitudinally therethrough, said core also having an aperture extending transversely through one side wall and a set screw operable in said aperture for connecting the core and a mop head bail.

2. A connector for a mop head and handle comprising a tubular shell having an in- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as turned annular flange at one end, a, core romy own, I have hereto afiixecl my signature 10 tatable Within said shell and having a bore in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

extending longitudinally therethrouigh, seicl JOHN N. DOTY.

0016 also havlng an apeituie extending transversely through one side Wall, and aset lVitnesses:

screw operable in said aperture for conneot- GEO. B; MURR Y,

ing the core to a mop head bail. BEN S. MURRAY. 

